Blias ivohler



E. KOHLER.

- MEASURING SCOOP. No. 304,939. Patented Sept. 9, 1884.

(No Model.)

FEL e M13/ESMAS A fa MOR if. e KM/Mg UNITED STATES PATENT @Tricia i ELIAS KOHLER, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. i

MEAsUmNG-scoop.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,939, dated September 9, 1884.

(No model.)

T0 all who/1t it may concern.;

Beit known that I, ELIAs KoHLnR, a citi zen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring-Scoops, of which the following is a'specication, reference being it into a compact body into a bag or other re! ceiver. It also strokes the grain.

To describe the deviceproducing the above results or objects, reference will be had to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l represents a plan view of the device, and Fig. 2 a side elevation of the same.

The scoop proper is formed of a bottom, A, and back B set at an angle-one to the otherthe part A being somewhat the longer; The sides are formed vertical to the bottom and back to aline connecting the outer ends of each, which Vertical portion is shown at C. From this line the sides project inward, as shown at D, which is in shape an obtuse triangle. Projecting forward from the end of the back B to the angle of the sides D is the top E, which is trapezoidal in form, as is shown. The body of the scoop thus completed has an open front, and is constructed to hold a detinite quantity of grain or other material. The front of the scoop at F is made thin or sharp, to enable it to easily penetrate the grain, and is strengthened by an additional piece or band,G.

rIo the vertical sides G is attached a bail, H,which is continued over the scoop, forming a handle or support, I, which in small measures will be held in the hand, but in large ones will have attached to it a rope or other suspensory device, K.

Around the scoop, and under the part A, is aband,L, for strengthening the device, andthe bail I:I is secured in position by the braces M.

Projecting forward and parallel with the bail H, and attached to it at proper points, is a guide, N, having adapted to slide on it a preferably divided cylindrical carriage, O, having centrally passed through and secured to it a stroker, I), projecting in a longitudinal direction across the open front of the scoop. The stroker is operated byva handle, R, attached to it. Under the back B is a socket, S, adapted to receive an operatinglhandle, T, as shown.

It is evident from the above description of the parts that the device is perfectly adapted to scoop, stroke, and measure grain or other dry material,'whatever the position of the same may be, whether on a floor, against the sides of a building, or in 'a corner, and also to deliver it accurately into any receptacle which will receive the mouth ofthe said scoop.

The right to vary the construction consist1 ent with the spirit of the invention is reserved.

What I claim as of myinvention is- 1. A measuringscoop and Stroker combined, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A measuring-scoop constructed to hold a definite quantity by measure, and having means for suspending it and a handle for operating it, substantially as and for the purpos specified.

3. The scoop consisting of a flat bottom and back placed at an angle one to the other, and connected by vertical sides, and a top consisting of inwardly-projecting sides and a slanting rear covering, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. A scoop having a dat bottom with a i straight thinned or sharpened front, and a strengthening and protecting band for the same for allowing it to be operated to clean grain from a iioor or in corners, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. A scoop having passed around and under it a bail continued over the said scoop and there adapted to receive suspensory devices, the said bail being secured in place by braces fastened to the sides of the scoop, substantially as set forth.

6. In combination with a scoop, a Stroker resting on and over the open end of the said scoop, and operated and guided thereon, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. In combination with a scoop, a stroker consisting of a piece projecting over the open IOO end of the scoop, a cylindrical or other shaped carriage secured to the saine and traveling on a guide of proper construction, and a handle for operating the Stroker, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

S. In combination with a scoop having an upwardly-projecting bail surrounding it7 a guide parallel With and secured to the bail7 and a Stroker supported and guided by acarriage traveling on the said guide, substantially as and for the purpose speeiiied.

9.A The Combination of a measuringseoop consi sting of a bottoni and baek set at an angle one to the other7 vertical and inwardly-projecting sides, a top covering the rear of the 

